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Wow your taking some serious risks I sure hope they come off....
The Russians are incredibly strong on numbers, and you seem to be allowing them a big section of Prussia and not sending any troops from the West to assist in the East. I hope this comes off as per your plan!
Also, Tirpitz and Scheer's adrenaline must be up right now- if just one British navy squadron catches you sneaking by you're absolutely finished- the Grand Fleet is huge! Well I admire your bravery, my High Seas Fleet never gets very far out of port until all its dreadnaughts are ready... What's going to happen when the British try to land troops on the Nordsee coast.....?
Keep it up it's a great start!
The Russians are incredibly strong on numbers, and you seem to be allowing them a big section of Prussia and not sending any troops from the West to assist in the East. I hope this comes off as per your plan!
Also, Tirpitz and Scheer's adrenaline must be up right now- if just one British navy squadron catches you sneaking by you're absolutely finished- the Grand Fleet is huge! Well I admire your bravery, my High Seas Fleet never gets very far out of port until all its dreadnaughts are ready... What's going to happen when the British try to land troops on the Nordsee coast.....?
Keep it up it's a great start!
In Other News
The High Seas Fleet successfully avoided the British navy and sailed to its eventual destination in the Gulf of Mexico. It turned out the Germans were helped in this endeavor by the stupidity of the Austrian AI. The Austrians sailed their navy out to guard the Adriatic, and ran into a British cruiser squadron. This brought some 60-70 ships from the British home fleet to the Mediterranean. While this meant the end of the Austrian navy (no big loss), it also allowed the German fleet to escape into the Atlantic undetected. We fought our first real naval battle on Aug 17th, although it wasn’t much of a battle, more like a slaughter.
Meanwhile the Austrians launched their first assault on Belgrade. They had the advantage of numerical superiority but it was squandered away by not letting organization and morale rise before the assault. I fear this may drive up the Austrian WE if they keep up at this pace.
In Africa...
9 new units were ordered (3 cavalry divisions in Sudwestafrika, and 9 infantry in Ostafrika). While these divisions are being built, the 3 infantry divisions in Sudwestafrika were ordered to begin a march towards Johannesburg in hopes of driving the South Africans out of the war.
Our target of opportunity in Togo was reinforced before we arrived, and set up a fairly equal battle.
In Ostafrika we had a similar battle taking place with the British
But what I really found scary is the situation in Kamerun, as it is surrounded by Allied units, and they are converging on our territory.
I plan to withdraw my unit in Togo by sea, and either use him to reinforce the garrison at Kamerun, or withdraw that garrison as well, and send all 3 divisions to South Africa or Ostafrika.
In other news, the Italians are helping us out by trying to improve or diplomatic position.
The High Seas Fleet successfully avoided the British navy and sailed to its eventual destination in the Gulf of Mexico. It turned out the Germans were helped in this endeavor by the stupidity of the Austrian AI. The Austrians sailed their navy out to guard the Adriatic, and ran into a British cruiser squadron. This brought some 60-70 ships from the British home fleet to the Mediterranean. While this meant the end of the Austrian navy (no big loss), it also allowed the German fleet to escape into the Atlantic undetected. We fought our first real naval battle on Aug 17th, although it wasn’t much of a battle, more like a slaughter.
Meanwhile the Austrians launched their first assault on Belgrade. They had the advantage of numerical superiority but it was squandered away by not letting organization and morale rise before the assault. I fear this may drive up the Austrian WE if they keep up at this pace.
In Africa...
9 new units were ordered (3 cavalry divisions in Sudwestafrika, and 9 infantry in Ostafrika). While these divisions are being built, the 3 infantry divisions in Sudwestafrika were ordered to begin a march towards Johannesburg in hopes of driving the South Africans out of the war.
Our target of opportunity in Togo was reinforced before we arrived, and set up a fairly equal battle.
In Ostafrika we had a similar battle taking place with the British
But what I really found scary is the situation in Kamerun, as it is surrounded by Allied units, and they are converging on our territory.
I plan to withdraw my unit in Togo by sea, and either use him to reinforce the garrison at Kamerun, or withdraw that garrison as well, and send all 3 divisions to South Africa or Ostafrika.
In other news, the Italians are helping us out by trying to improve or diplomatic position.
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Aug 12th - Aug 19th
On the eastern front, things were going according to plan, which is to say it’s looking awfully scary. There have been no battles yet, but the Russian hordes are showing up everywhere.
The western front saw the French arrive with 6 divisions in Luxembourg to be opposed by 6 divisions (soon to be reinforced by another 30 divisions) Needless to say it was a German victory.
Meanwhile Hindenburg arrived with the I. Armee at Verdun and began an unopposed siege of the Fortress there. I am hopeful that Verdun can be captured before the French force at Luxembourg is defeated and retreats back to Verdun.
There are two other major army groups on the western front. Falkenhayn’s 28 divisions are facing minimal Belgian resistance, while Ludendorff’s troops have converged on Nancy from 2 different directions (unfortunately Ludendorff arrived a day late to lead the battle). It is the fortifications around Nancy that saw the first major battle of the war.
On the eastern front, things were going according to plan, which is to say it’s looking awfully scary. There have been no battles yet, but the Russian hordes are showing up everywhere.
The western front saw the French arrive with 6 divisions in Luxembourg to be opposed by 6 divisions (soon to be reinforced by another 30 divisions) Needless to say it was a German victory.
Meanwhile Hindenburg arrived with the I. Armee at Verdun and began an unopposed siege of the Fortress there. I am hopeful that Verdun can be captured before the French force at Luxembourg is defeated and retreats back to Verdun.
There are two other major army groups on the western front. Falkenhayn’s 28 divisions are facing minimal Belgian resistance, while Ludendorff’s troops have converged on Nancy from 2 different directions (unfortunately Ludendorff arrived a day late to lead the battle). It is the fortifications around Nancy that saw the first major battle of the war.
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Exciting!
I'm sure the British are having a similar conversation with the French in your world as Churchill had with Weygand in 1940. "They've broken through? Well, where are your reserves? You have none? No one watching the forts???!!!"
Rensslaer
I'm sure the British are having a similar conversation with the French in your world as Churchill had with Weygand in 1940. "They've broken through? Well, where are your reserves? You have none? No one watching the forts???!!!"
Rensslaer
Some Feedback
It was during the battle of Model (so named for a British photographer who was killed by a stray bullet in the opening minutes of the battle ). just outside of the city of Nancy that I discovered the answer to an earlier question. Fortifications will devolve over time with continued fighting. The fortress at Nancy would fall to the German's but it would be unusable.
hasskugel:
thanks for the vote of confidence
derkaiser:
yes, you are right and the Russians are coming in droves
Rennslaer:
Sorry to tease you with the dreadnaught pics, but it is all part of my master plan. See I'm trying to read your AAR, and I'm only up to page 33 out 10000000. My plan is to distract you enough that I can finally catch up.
Stynlan:
You are wise beyond your years
Judas Maccabeus:
I've played through to October so far, and I must say that things have not gone according to plan, but that is not a bad thing.
It was during the battle of Model (so named for a British photographer who was killed by a stray bullet in the opening minutes of the battle
). just outside of the city of Nancy that I discovered the answer to an earlier question. Fortifications will devolve over time with continued fighting. The fortress at Nancy would fall to the German's but it would be unusable.hasskugel:
thanks for the vote of confidence
derkaiser:
yes, you are right and the Russians are coming in droves
Rennslaer:
Sorry to tease you with the dreadnaught pics, but it is all part of my master plan. See I'm trying to read your AAR, and I'm only up to page 33 out 10000000. My plan is to distract you enough that I can finally catch up.
Stynlan:
You are wise beyond your years
Judas Maccabeus:
I've played through to October so far, and I must say that things have not gone according to plan, but that is not a bad thing.
Those Russians look daunting. I've just bought Victoria a couple of hours ago and this AAR is one of the reasons, keep up the good stuff
You are coming through the french defence lines? Isn't thet a little too esay. No need to invade belgium here.
Quirinus308 said:
If I remember correctly, this only happens to fortifications under attack from artilery units. Regular infantry won't do this.
Symmetry said:
He's using artillery, as you can see in the second to last picture there.
So it seems your first moves are more or less working. Not bad all in all. Time to start picking off the British fleet. Russia, Russia looks like it will be tough.
Aug 20th - Sept 1st
For the first month of the war, things went according to plan for the German High Command. Falkenhayn’s II. Armee (28 divisions) had captured the Belgian fortress at Liege, and German occupation in Belgium had begun…
Falkenhayn now split his army into 4 groups. He would lead his II. Armee (9 divisions) against the largest Belgian force at Brussels, while two other groups (9 divisions each) would move against Hasselt, and Charleroi. The last division from Falkenhayn’s original II. Armee would remain at Leige until reinforcements (8 divisions) arrived from Aachen. The new army would then move against the fortifications at Namur. Meanwhile there are 6 cavalry divisions besieging Arlon, with 3 more on the way. After Arlon, the I. Kavallerie will move into France, and either try to perform a sweep behind the French fortifications, or else drive towards Paris. Either plan should sufficiently freak out the French general staff.
In other news…
On the eastern front things are going about like you would expect. The Russians are everywhere, but they refuse to attack the Germans in their fortifications setting up the eventual trap of the Russian armies (I hope).
On August 25th, the war begins against South Africa. Things begin with an invasion by the South Africans into Sudwestafrika. Three divisions are sent to stop the invasion, and begin a counter attack into South Africa with the hope of eventually knocking them out of the war.
But it is the western front that will determine victory or defeat for the Allies. The Germans reach Verdun and begin a siege of the fortifications. When Verdun is 96% captured, the French forces (4 divisions) retreating from Luxembourg, arrive and begin an attack against Von Hindenburg’s I. Armee (28 divisions). Eventually the French send in 2 more divisions, but the battle never was in question.
The main battle at the start of the war took place against the fortifications around Nancy. Ludendorff’s III. Armee arrived on Aug 19th and the battle began. The German’s had numerical superiority from the beginning, but the French had decided to make this their main point of defense and threw everything they could to hold Nancy from the Germans. After 11 days of fighting the Germans had reduced the fortifications, but had lost half of their army in the process. French losses were also high, but no accurate count could be made, as new French divisions were continuing to pour into Nancy. Eighteen divisions from Metz were ordered to Nancy to counter the French.
Meanwhile the French only left a single division to guard the fortifications at Epinal, and Besancon. Four divisions each were ordered against these two provinces.
For the first month of the war, things went according to plan for the German High Command. Falkenhayn’s II. Armee (28 divisions) had captured the Belgian fortress at Liege, and German occupation in Belgium had begun…
Falkenhayn now split his army into 4 groups. He would lead his II. Armee (9 divisions) against the largest Belgian force at Brussels, while two other groups (9 divisions each) would move against Hasselt, and Charleroi. The last division from Falkenhayn’s original II. Armee would remain at Leige until reinforcements (8 divisions) arrived from Aachen. The new army would then move against the fortifications at Namur. Meanwhile there are 6 cavalry divisions besieging Arlon, with 3 more on the way. After Arlon, the I. Kavallerie will move into France, and either try to perform a sweep behind the French fortifications, or else drive towards Paris. Either plan should sufficiently freak out the French general staff.
In other news…
On the eastern front things are going about like you would expect. The Russians are everywhere, but they refuse to attack the Germans in their fortifications setting up the eventual trap of the Russian armies (I hope).
On August 25th, the war begins against South Africa. Things begin with an invasion by the South Africans into Sudwestafrika. Three divisions are sent to stop the invasion, and begin a counter attack into South Africa with the hope of eventually knocking them out of the war.
But it is the western front that will determine victory or defeat for the Allies. The Germans reach Verdun and begin a siege of the fortifications. When Verdun is 96% captured, the French forces (4 divisions) retreating from Luxembourg, arrive and begin an attack against Von Hindenburg’s I. Armee (28 divisions). Eventually the French send in 2 more divisions, but the battle never was in question.
The main battle at the start of the war took place against the fortifications around Nancy. Ludendorff’s III. Armee arrived on Aug 19th and the battle began. The German’s had numerical superiority from the beginning, but the French had decided to make this their main point of defense and threw everything they could to hold Nancy from the Germans. After 11 days of fighting the Germans had reduced the fortifications, but had lost half of their army in the process. French losses were also high, but no accurate count could be made, as new French divisions were continuing to pour into Nancy. Eighteen divisions from Metz were ordered to Nancy to counter the French.
Meanwhile the French only left a single division to guard the fortifications at Epinal, and Besancon. Four divisions each were ordered against these two provinces.
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I guess the French are regretting their little tactic now!
Have the English done ANYTHING yet?
Have the English done ANYTHING yet?
Quirinus308 said:
I'd say go for the Paris move, but as you have likely already performed whichever action you had in mind I'll just watch what you have in mind (which has worked out well so far).
Looks like its going to plan so far. Though somewhat harder than expected at Nancy, I hope it isn't too draining.